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Catholics in Mexico call on Baby Jesus to fulfill many roles, so it should come as no surprise that Museo del Objeto del Objeto, or Museum of the Purpose of the Object, has a Nino de Futball in its collection. We were sad to see soccer memorabilia the focus of its exhibition during our stay, but it certainly was popular amongst chilango families.

This post represents a museum wrap-up from our stay, a rather diverse hodgepodge of snapshots shortchanging the richness of the displays.

Museo Nacional de Antropología

Museo de Arte Moderno

Museo Nacional de Antropología

Museo Franz Mayer

Museo de Arte Moderno

Museo Nacional de Antropología

Museo Tamayo

Museo Jumex

Museo de Arte Moderno

Museo Nacional de Antropología

Museo Franz Mayer

Museo Soumaya

Museo de Arte Moderno

Museo Franz Mayer

Museo Nacional de Antropología

Museo Nacional de Antropología

Museo Nacional de Antropología

Museo Tamayo

Museo Soumaya

Museo Franz Mayer

Museo Nacional de Antropología

Museo Soumaya

Museo Nacional de Antropología

Museo Franz Mayer

Museo Tamayo

Museo Nacional de Antropología

Museo Soumaya

The diversity and depth of collections exhibited throughout Mexico City are amazing, yet the architecture of many of the buildings housing them is so stunning it sometimes outshines them.

The promotional banner appears superfluous with birds of paradise pointing the way to the National Museum of Anthropology. A giant agave attracts attention in the midst of the Aztec ruins of the Templo Mayor adjacent to the zocalo. Trumpet flowers flamboyantly tout their beauty profiled against a royal blue wall in the garden of Casa Luis Barragan.

lilies at Casa Luis Barragan

blooming aloe vera at National Palace

blooming aloe vera at National Palace

hydrangea at Museo Dolores Olmedo

agave on grounds of Museo del Templo Mayor

tree in Roma Norte

trumpet flowers at Casa Luis Barragan

greenhouse in botanical garden in Chapultepec Park

agave at Museo Dolores Olmedo

cinderblock planters for succulents in botanical garden in Chapultepec Park

botanical garden in Chapultepec Park

orchids in botanical garden in Chapultepec Park

But, on the practical side as our balcony planters age, I want to remember the simple cinder blocks adapted as containers for succulents in the botanical garden in Chapultepec Park.